Sun 88-80 Comets (10 May, 2008) Play-by-Play

Houston Comets

1-1, 1-1 away

	1	2	3	4	T
HOU	18	21	18	23	80
CT	12	21	29	26	88

Connecticut Sun

2-1, 2-0 home

Tamika Raymond missed Layup.
Tamika Whitmore's Layup blocked by Latasha Byears.
Tamika Whitmore made 14 ft Jumper.
Tamika Raymond missed Layup.
Lindsay Whalen missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Tamika Whitmore made 16 ft Jumper. Assisted by Amber Holt.
Cori Chambers missed 15 ft Two Point Shot.
Amber Holt missed Driving Layup.
Lindsay Whalen made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Lindsay Whalen missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Tamika Whitmore missed Layup.
Tamika Whitmore made Layup.
Tamika Whitmore made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Lindsay Whalen.
Lindsay Whalen made Driving Layup.
Tamika Whitmore missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Jolene Anderson's 13 ft Jumper blocked by Latasha Byears.
Barbara Turner missed Layup.
Barbara Turner missed 5 ft Jumper.
Barbara Turner missed 15 ft Jumper.
Barbara Turner made Layup. Assisted by Ketia Swanier.
Barbara Turner missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Barbara Turner made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Barbara Turner made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jolene Anderson.
Barbara Turner missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kerri Gardin missed 7 ft Jumper.
Jolene Anderson missed Layup.
Lindsay Whalen missed 16 ft Jumper.
Tamika Whitmore missed 14 ft Jumper.
Jolene Anderson made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Lindsay Whalen.
Amber Holt missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Danielle Page made Layup. Assisted by Tamika Whitmore.
Lindsay Whalen missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kerri Gardin made 11 ft Jumper. Assisted by Lindsay Whalen.
Lindsay Whalen made Layup.
Lindsay Whalen made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Lindsay Whalen missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Amber Holt missed 18 ft Jumper.
Cori Chambers made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Lindsay Whalen.
Lindsay Whalen missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
Danielle Page made Layup. Assisted by Ketia Swanier.
Barbara Turner made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jolene Anderson.
Jolene Anderson made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Lindsay Whalen.
Jolene Anderson missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Barbara Turner missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Barbara Turner missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Barbara Turner made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Jolene Anderson made 24 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Lindsay Whalen.
Lindsay Whalen made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tamika Raymond.
Barbara Turner missed Layup.
Jolene Anderson missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Tamika Whitmore made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Tamika Whitmore missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Kerri Gardin made Layup. Assisted by Barbara Turner.
Kerri Gardin missed Free Throw 1 of 1.
Jolene Anderson missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Jolene Anderson made Layup. Assisted by Barbara Turner.
Lindsay Whalen made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Lindsay Whalen missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Jolene Anderson made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Jolene Anderson made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Kerri Gardin missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Kerri Gardin missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Kerri Gardin made Driving Layup. Assisted by Danielle Page.
Kerri Gardin made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Kerri Gardin made Layup. Assisted by Ketia Swanier.
Danielle Page made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ketia Swanier.
Ketia Swanier made 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Amber Holt missed 14 ft Jumper.
Cori Chambers missed 14 ft Jumper.
Ketia Swanier made Layup. Assisted by Kerri Gardin.
Cori Chambers missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Amber Holt missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Amber Holt made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Kerri Gardin made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ketia Swanier.
Barbara Turner missed 17 ft Jumper.
Amber Holt missed 4 ft Jumper.
Kerri Gardin made 17 ft Jumper. Assisted by Amber Holt.
Barbara Turner missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kerri Gardin made Driving Layup. Assisted by Lindsay Whalen.
Lindsay Whalen missed Layup.
Jolene Anderson missed Layup.
Lindsay Whalen made 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Jolene Anderson made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Lindsay Whalen.
Lindsay Whalen made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Lindsay Whalen made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Lindsay Whalen made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Lindsay Whalen made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Lindsay Whalen missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Lindsay Whalen made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Barbara Turner made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Barbara Turner made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Latasha Byears made Layup. Assisted by Mwadi Mabika.
Mwadi Mabika made 12 ft Jumper. Assisted by Matee Ajavon.
Mwadi Mabika missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Marcedes Walker missed 4 ft Jumper.
Latasha Byears made Layup.
Matee Ajavon made Layup.
Matee Ajavon missed 9 ft Two Point Shot.
Marcedes Walker made Layup.
Latasha Byears made 8 ft Running Jumper.
Mwadi Mabika missed 12 ft Jumper.
Marcedes Walker made Layup.
Marcedes Walker missed Free Throw 1 of 1.
Marcedes Walker missed 14 ft Two Point Shot.
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba made 14 ft Jumper.
Shannon Johnson missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
Sequoia Holmes missed Layup.
Sequoia Holmes missed 13 ft Jumper.
Latasha Byears made Jumper.
Shannon Johnson missed Jumper.
Sequoia Holmes missed 16 ft Jumper.
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba missed Layup.
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba made Layup. Assisted by Sequoia Holmes.
Shannon Johnson made Driving Layup.
Sequoia Holmes made 16 ft Jumper. Assisted by Mwadi Mabika.
Latasha Byears missed Layup.
Ashley Shields made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Ashley Shields made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Marcedes Walker made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Marcedes Walker missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Marcedes Walker missed 5 ft Jumper.
Mistie Williams made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Mistie Williams made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Mistie Williams missed 17 ft Jumper.
Marcedes Walker missed Layup.
Mistie Williams missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Mistie Williams made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Matee Ajavon made 5 ft Two Point Shot.
Crystal Kelly missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Crystal Kelly missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Matee Ajavon made 14 ft Jumper.
Matee Ajavon missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Matee Ajavon made Layup.
Matee Ajavon made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Mwadi Mabika missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Mistie Williams made Layup. Assisted by Mwadi Mabika.
Matee Ajavon missed 14 ft Jumper.
Matee Ajavon made Driving Layup.
Mwadi Mabika made Layup.
Mwadi Mabika missed 16 ft Jumper.
Mistie Williams made Layup. Assisted by Shannon Johnson.
Matee Ajavon missed 12 ft Jumper.
Sequoia Holmes made Layup. Assisted by Shannon Johnson.
Mwadi Mabika missed 6 ft Jumper.
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba missed 19 ft Jumper.
Sequoia Holmes made 17 ft Jumper. Assisted by Shannon Johnson.
Sequoia Holmes missed 11 ft Jumper.
Matee Ajavon missed Jumper.
Shannon Johnson missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Sequoia Holmes missed 12 ft Jumper.
Sequoia Holmes missed 5 ft Jumper.
Ashley Shields made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Ashley Shields made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba made Driving Layup. Assisted by Erica White.
Ashley Shields missed 10 ft Jumper.
Mistie Williams made Layup.
Sequoia Holmes missed 5 ft Jumper.
Mistie Williams made Layup.
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba made Layup. Assisted by Mistie Williams.
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba missed Layup.
Ashley Shields made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Ashley Shields made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Mistie Williams missed 7 ft Hook Shot.
Mwadi Mabika made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Shannon Johnson.
Matee Ajavon made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Matee Ajavon made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Mistie Williams made Layup. Assisted by Matee Ajavon.
Matee Ajavon made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Matee Ajavon made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Matee Ajavon missed Layup.
Mwadi Mabika missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Mwadi Mabika made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Shannon Johnson made 19 ft Jumper.
Matee Ajavon missed 18 ft Jumper.
Matee Ajavon made Driving Layup.
Shannon Johnson missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Shannon Johnson missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba made Layup. Assisted by Shannon Johnson.
Matee Ajavon made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Shannon Johnson.
Matee Ajavon missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Mwadi Mabika missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Mistie Williams missed 7 ft Jumper.

COMETS

SUN

TIME		HOU	CT
10:00	Start of the 1st Quarter.	0	0
10:00	Jumpball: Latasha Byears vs. Tamika Whitmore. Mwadi Mabika gains possession.	0	0
9:51	Latasha Byears made Layup. Assisted by Mwadi Mabika.	2	0
9:27	Tamika Raymond missed Layup.	2	0
9:26	Marcedes Walker Defensive Rebound.	2	0
9:21	Mwadi Mabika made 12 ft Jumper. Assisted by Matee Ajavon.	4	0
9:06	Latasha Byears Personal Foul. Tamika Whitmore gains possession.	4	0
8:53	Tamika Whitmore's Layup blocked by Latasha Byears.	4	0
8:52	Tamika Whitmore Offensive Rebound.	4	0
8:48	Tamika Whitmore made 14 ft Jumper.	4	2
8:33	Mwadi Mabika missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.	4	2
8:30	Amber Holt Defensive Rebound.	4	2
8:26	Tamika Raymond missed Layup.	4	2
8:23	Matee Ajavon Defensive Rebound.	4	2
8:17	Marcedes Walker missed 4 ft Jumper.	4	2
8:15	Latasha Byears Offensive Rebound.	4	2
8:12	Latasha Byears made Layup.	6	2
8:06	Lindsay Whalen Lost Ball. Stolen by Matee Ajavon.	6	2
8:00	Matee Ajavon made Layup.	8	2
7:41	Amber Holt Traveling	8	2
7:22	Matee Ajavon missed 9 ft Two Point Shot.	8	2
7:22	Houston Defensive Rebound.	8	2
7:07	Tamika Whitmore Bad Pass. Stolen by Marcedes Walker.	8	2
7:03	Marcedes Walker made Layup.	10	2
6:50	Lindsay Whalen missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	10	2
6:47	Connecticut Defensive Rebound.	10	2
6:35	Latasha Byears made 8 ft Running Jumper.	12	2
6:22	Tamika Whitmore made 16 ft Jumper. Assisted by Amber Holt.	12	4
5:56	Mwadi Mabika missed 12 ft Jumper.	12	4
5:54	Marcedes Walker Offensive Rebound.	12	4
5:54	Marcedes Walker made Layup.	14	4
5:54	Tamika Raymond Shooting Foul. Marcedes Walker gains possession.	14	4
5:54	Marcedes Walker missed Free Throw 1 of 1.	14	4
5:52	Amber Holt Defensive Rebound.	14	4
5:39	Cori Chambers missed 15 ft Two Point Shot.	14	4
5:37	Amber Holt Offensive Rebound.	14	4
5:20	Amber Holt missed Driving Layup.	14	4
5:16	Latasha Byears Defensive Rebound.	14	4
4:58	Mwadi Mabika Offensive Foul. Tamika Raymond gains possession.	14	4
4:58	Mwadi Mabika Foul	14	4
4:58	Crystal Kelly enters the game for Latasha Byears.	14	4
4:58	Official Timeout.	14	4
4:41	Cori Chambers Turnover	14	4
4:31	Marcedes Walker missed 14 ft Two Point Shot.	14	4
4:30	Lindsay Whalen Defensive Rebound.	14	4
4:26	Marcedes Walker Shooting Foul. Lindsay Whalen gains possession.	14	4
4:26	Lindsay Whalen made Free Throw 1 of 2.	14	5
4:26	Erica White enters the game for Shannon Johnson.	14	5
4:26	Hamchetou Maiga-Ba enters the game for Mwadi Mabika.	14	5
4:26	Lindsay Whalen missed Free Throw 2 of 2.	14	5
4:24	Tamika Whitmore Offensive Rebound.	14	5
4:22	Tamika Whitmore missed Layup.	14	5
4:20	Crystal Kelly Defensive Rebound.	14	5
4:18	Erica White Lost Ball. Stolen by Lindsay Whalen.	14	5
4:16	Tamika Whitmore made Layup.	14	7
4:07	Mistie Williams enters the game for Crystal Kelly.	14	7
3:55	Erica White Bad Pass	14	7
3:44	Tamika Whitmore made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Lindsay Whalen.	14	10
3:29	Matee Ajavon Offensive Foul. Tamika Whitmore gains possession.	14	10
3:29	Matee Ajavon Foul	14	10
3:29	Barbara Turner enters the game for Amber Holt.	14	10
3:29	Kerri Gardin enters the game for Tamika Raymond.	14	10
3:23	Lindsay Whalen made Driving Layup.	14	12
3:14	Houston Full Timeout.	14	12
3:03	Hamchetou Maiga-Ba Lost Ball. Stolen by Kerri Gardin.	14	12
3:00	Kerri Gardin Offensive Foul. Marcedes Walker gains possession.	14	12
3:00	Kerri Gardin Foul	14	12
3:00	Shannon Johnson enters the game for Erica White.	14	12
2:50	Barbara Turner Personal Foul. Hamchetou Maiga-Ba gains possession.	14	12
2:48	Marcedes Walker Bad Pass. Stolen by Barbara Turner.	14	12
2:41	Tamika Whitmore missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	14	12
2:41	Shannon Johnson Defensive Rebound.	14	12
2:41	Lindsay Whalen Personal Foul. Shannon Johnson gains possession.	14	12
2:41	Ketia Swanier enters the game for Lindsay Whalen.	14	12
2:29	Hamchetou Maiga-Ba made 14 ft Jumper.	16	12
2:21	Tamika Whitmore Bad Pass	16	12
2:21	Latasha Byears enters the game for Marcedes Walker.	16	12
2:06	Tamika Whitmore Personal Foul. Shannon Johnson gains possession.	16	12
1:59	Shannon Johnson missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.	16	12
1:57	Barbara Turner Defensive Rebound.	16	12
1:47	Sequoia Holmes enters the game for Mistie Williams.	18	12
1:27	Sequoia Holmes missed Layup.	16	12
1:27	Houston Offensive Rebound.	16	12
1:27	Tamika Raymond enters the game for Tamika Whitmore.	16	12
1:27	Jolene Anderson enters the game for Cori Chambers.	16	12
1:23	Sequoia Holmes missed 13 ft Jumper.	16	12
1:19	Latasha Byears Offensive Rebound.	16	12
1:17	Latasha Byears made Jumper.	18	12
1:05	Jolene Anderson's 13 ft Jumper blocked by Latasha Byears.	18	12
1:01	Latasha Byears Defensive Rebound.	18	12
1:00	Latasha Byears Lost Ball. Stolen by Tamika Raymond.	18	12
56.9	Barbara Turner missed Layup.	18	12
54.8	Jolene Anderson Offensive Rebound.	18	12
47.8	Barbara Turner missed 5 ft Jumper.	18	12
47.1	Connecticut Defensive Rebound.	18	12
32.8	Shannon Johnson missed Jumper.	18	12
31.1	Houston Defensive Rebound.	18	12
31.1	Latasha Byears Loose Ball Foul. Tamika Raymond gains possession.	18	12
14.9	Barbara Turner missed 15 ft Jumper.	18	12
12.9	Latasha Byears Defensive Rebound.	18	12
8.9	Sequoia Holmes missed 16 ft Jumper.	18	12
5.9	Tamika Raymond Defensive Rebound.	18	12
0.9	Ketia Swanier Bad Pass. Stolen by Sequoia Holmes.	18	12
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter.	18	12

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Comets
68
Sun
78

Game 1

2/7

Sun
68
Comets
75

Game 2

10/9

Mohegan Sun Arena

12:00 AM, 10 May 2008

Uncasville, CT

Referees:
Bonita Spence
Eric Brewton
Jeff Smith

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Minnesota	30	10	.750	-	L1
Las Vegas	27	13	.675	3	W5
Seattle	25	15	.625	5	W1
Phoenix	19	21	.475	11	L1
Dallas	9	31	.225	21	L9
Los Angeles	8	32	.200	22	W1

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